Blue Boy West Golf Course

Challenging enough course, I play it once or twice a year for the past 5 when friends put together an outing. Layout of hazards and terrain is nice.
Main complaint is they don’t maintain the grounds. The cages where you can loosen up before your tee time… broken down, ratty and looks like crap. Pieces of old carpeting as a backdrop because the netting is torn or missing. The wood platforms are nothing but termite feces and shredded outdoor carpeting from the Johnson administration.
Only 1 restroom and at the 9^th tee. Why even bother? Never any paper, bldg looks ready to fall in on itself… hasn’t been touched since I’ve been coming here. No wonder the bushes all smell like piss.
Ball wash stations? Good one Fred. If they are out at all the towels are shredded to death and just plain swampy, skunky smelling mosquito breeding water in there.
Our group traditionally goes on Memorial Day, so you’d think that the holiday weekend at the early season the place would be spiffed up.
The café has been going downhill since too. This year the only option was a hot dog machine with barely warm dogs and chips. At least they will nuke it for you.
Pity. Such potential but letting the elements take over and eventually it will return to the earth from whence it came.
I think I’ll skip our annual fun tournament next year. A hike in the woods is a better way to spend my day.
I’m feeling generous today so I’ll give them a 2 star.

I have called monroe home my entire life and I’ve been a golfer for my entire life. I traveled for work for the past 10 years and played golf courses in 35 different states and 5 different country’s. I have to say blue boy is one of my favorite courses I’ve ever been to. It’s not a long course at all, the par 4’s at their longest are 310 yards and the par 3’s average 130 with the max of 160 yards. But don’t let that fool you into thinking blue boy is a easy pitch and putt type course. With tight fairways and small greens you need to be pretty a curate with every hole having tree lines or a boundary fence on both sides every hole. You can lose a ball on every shot here between the trees, ponds and ob fences so it’s a fun challenge. The staff in the club house are excellent and will never be arrogant and have their stuffy noses in the air like a lot of other places. They appreciate every single customer from the local usual suspects to the first time beginners. They Have THE Best Yearly Pass You Can buy. I bought the year of unlimited golf for $ 700 which is good for all day every day. With the new drainage ponds it stays as dry as possible for our part of the country. The pace of play is literally the best I have ever seen with my average 18 hole round being 3 hours and 10 min playing in a foursome and don’t be surprised if it’s quicker. It’s worth the drive to do it at least once and especially if you have a new set of irons or wedges to break in.

We decided to give Blue Boy a try on a beautiful Saturday in February (yes February). Driving up to the clubhouse was nice. It’s a pretty place. The course was pretty good for being in February condition.

This is probably one of the best 9 hole courses that I have ever played at. It is small (no par 5’s) so you can actually leave the big dog at home (though you can use it on a few holes) The fairways are always well kept, the greens are in good condition (and very challenging) It’s nice that the guys that run the place don’t do it for the $$$. During the week you can play 9 holes for 15 $, and it only jumps up a buck or two on the weekends. So it saves you some cash from the typical $ 40 to play at Snohomish, Kenwanda, or Flowing Lake. All in all it is a good place to come out after work and play 9 holes (it only takes 1.5 hours) Be careful off the 1^st tee box due to the fact the parking lot is slightly to the right (don’t slice righties) and the woods that border the fairways will engulf any errant shot, so make sure to hit straight (like it is so easy right?)

Let it first be known that I am not a golfer. In fact, I had never touched a golf club until last Friday when I attended our annual company golf outing but let me tell you, I’m glad this year it was held at Blue Boy West.
As someone who has never played before, who doesn’t know the rules or the correct etiquette, I appreciated that this place is very casual and laid back. The front desk/​café area is melded into one under an A-​frame building which is where we sat to wait for everyone to arrive. It wasn’t fancy, but I didn’t think it was run-​down either. Between the older man behind the desk and the woman shifting between waitress and cook, it felt a little like you were with family members and not golf club employees. Not once did I feel like a dummy for not knowing how to hold a bag of clubs or calling something by the wrong name — everyone was pretty darn friendly.
Being as this was my first time playing, I didn’t have much to compare it to, but the course seemed nicely laid out with a fair share of both easy and difficult holes. For being a small place, it looked like it was taken care of pretty well and even the other patrons not part of our group were really friendly and unpretentious.
If I were to ever want to play a course again, then I’d like to come back here. It was comfortable, fun, and friendly and needless to say, everyone had an excellent time.

After living in Monroe for the past 5 years I finally took the opportunity to golf at Blue Boy West a couple weeks back. With two small children, full time work and school, a house to maintain, and an amazing wife, I don’t get much play time by myself. I’m also quite the duffer so I can really appreciate a laid back feeling at certain courses.
The grounds are very inviting, parking ample, and beer is cheap. This course provided a good challenge, especially hole #2 with a stump in the middle of the green, water on one side of the hole, a sand trap in front, and no room to hit long. The fairways and greens were kept in excellent condition for an inexpensive public course.
Overall I was pleased with the course and I’m sure I will play it again sometime.